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Integration of the mammalian shoulder girdle within populations and over evolutionary time by Sears, K. E., Bianchi, C., Powers, L., Beck, A. L.

“…Morphological integration has the potential to link morphological variation within populations with morphological evolution among species. This study begins to…”
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correlated evolution of Runx2 tandem repeats, transcriptional activity, and facial length in Carnivora by Sears, K.E, Goswami, A, Flynn, J.J, Niswander, L.A

“…To assess the ability of protein-coding mutations to contribute to subtle, inter-specific morphologic evolution, here, we test the hypothesis that mutations…”
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The Development of Integration in Marsupial and Placental Limbs by Kelly, E M, Marcot, J D, Selwood, L, Sears, K E

“…The morphological interdependence of traits, or their integration, is commonly thought to influence their evolution. As such, study of morphological…”
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Molecular determinants of bat wing development by Sears, K E

“…The specialization of the forelimb into a wing allowed bats to become the only mammals to achieve powered flight. Recent studies in developmental biology have…”
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CONSTRAINTS ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF MARSUPIAL SHOULDER GIRDLES by Sears, Karen E

“…Throughout their evolutionary histories, marsupial mammals have been taxonomically and morphologically less diverse than their sister taxa the placentals…”
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Development of Bat Flight: Morphologic and Molecular Evolution of Bat Wing Digits by Sears, Karen E., Behringer, Richard R., Rasweiler, John J., Niswander, Lee A.

“…The earliest fossil bats resemble their modern counterparts in possessing greatly elongated digits to support the wing membrane, which is an anatomical…”
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A new fossil mammal assemblage from the southern Chilean Andes: implications for geology, geochronology, and tectonics by Flynn, John J., Novacek, Michael J., Dodson, Holly E., Frassinetti, Daniel, McKenna, Malcolm C., Norell, Mark A., Sears, Karen E., Swisher, Carl C., Wyss, André R.

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Role of development in the evolution of the scapula of the giant sthenurine kangaroos (Macropodidae: Sthenurinae) by Sears, Karen E.

“…Extinct giant sthenurine kangaroos possessed scapulae morphologically distinct from those of all other extant and extinct adult macropodids, but qualitatively…”
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